Charles baker crafton



"(No Model.)

0 GRAFTON.

BEVERAGE MIXER. N0. 400,547. Patented Apr. 2,1889.

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CHARLES BAKER GRAFTON, OF MASON CITY, ILLINOIS, AS SIGNOR TO OTHO S.KING AND IVILLIAM Y. MOLEMORE, OF SAME PLACE.

BEVERAGE-MIXER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,547, dated April 2,1889.

Application filed August 24:, 1888. Serial No. 283,617. (No model.)

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1 CHARLES BAKER CRAF- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Mason City, in the county of Mason and State ofIllinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBeveragal/Iixers, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is .to provide a simple, cheap, durable,effective, and easilyoperated milk-shake or lemonade-mixer, and I attainthis object by the construction and novel combination of parts, fullyset forth hereinafter in connection with the accompanying drawings, andspecifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is a view of the improved shake arranged in theoperative position in a glass. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view ofthe same.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A designates a cover which isadapted to fit snugly in the top of a glass, and it is provided with agroove, a,in its overhanging flange a,which receives the upper edge ofthe glass. In a central bearing, 01, in this cover, is mounted thevertical rod or shaft B, which is provided above and below the saidbearing with the collars b b, which prevent vertical movement of theshaft.

0 represents a wire which is wound spirally around the vertical rod orshaft above the cover, and D represents a knob or handle mounted onthe'rod or shaft and adapted to slide vertically thereon. This knob orhandle is provided with a central axial bore, d, to receive the rod orshaft, and a communicating spiral groove or channel, 01, to slide on theIt will be seen that the cover is so constructed as to obviate thedanger of the contents of the glass being dashed out during the shakingoperation. When operating, hold the cover in place on the glass with onehand and move the knob or handle vertically with the other.

The bearing a above referred to, consists of a vertical barrel, G, whichpasses through registering central apertures inthe cover, and adownwardly-convexed web, I, which is attached to the under side of thecover at its center, the ends of the said barrel being provided withlateral flanges H H to engage the cover anl the web. It will be evidentthat these flanges receive the impact and the wear of the collars b, andtherefore protect the cover.

Having described my invention, I claim-- In a beverage-mixer, thecombination of the cover having a central aperture, thedownwardly-convexed web I, having a central aperture registering withthe aperture in the cover, the bearing a consisting of the verticalbarrel G, arranged in the said registering apertures and provided at itsupper and lower ends with flanges H H, which bear respectively againstthe cover and the web, the vertical rod or shaft mounted in the saidbarrel and provided with collars b b, which bear, respectively, againstopposite ends of the barrel, a wire, 0, being wound spirally on thatportion of the rod or shaft above the said collars, the beater-wingssecured to the rodor shaft below the collars, and the spirally-boredknob or handle sliding on the spirally-wound wire on the upper portionof the rod or shaft, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afflxedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES BAKER GRAFTON.

Witnesses:

N. S. FORSYTH, OTHO S. KING.

